Written questions

512 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote cooperation between Integrated Care Boards on (a) data and (b) treatment options for patients.

9 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to NHS Trusts on adopting a standardised FOI request system.

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement a measure for general practice and primary care comparable to that of the mental health investment standard.

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to allocate the £100m of capital funding to upgrade 200 GP practices; and how GP practices will be able to apply for that funding.

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December to question 19158 on GP recruitment, for what reason this information is unavailable; and if he will make it his policy to publish the data once it is availabl

7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Genetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 18282 on Breast Cancer: Genetics, whether workforce planning for genetic councillors will prioritise areas that have regional inequities in acc

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Institute for Health and Care Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the additional funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 for the National Institute for Health and Care Research will be allocated.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the ability of the NHS to adopt precision medicines with companion diagnostics at pace.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the number of cancer medicines used in the NHS compared to other European countries.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the regional variation in (a) access and (b) uptake to timely treatments for blood cancer patients.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2024/25 priorities and operational guidance, updated on 24 April 2024, what steps she is taking to hold NHS England accountable for implementing regular demand and capacity as

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Australasia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which groups his Department will consult for its biennial monitoring reports on the (a) UK-Australia and (b) UK-New Zealand free trade agreements.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Australasia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which parts of the (a) UK-Australia and (b) UK-New Zealand trade agreements will be monitored as part of the biennial monitoring reports on those treaties.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the delay in implementing the final provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 on (a) mobile connec

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason the remaining provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 have not been implemented; and what steps he is taking to implement these

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to implement sections (a) 61 to 65, (b) 67 and (c) 70 to 74 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.

19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the data on the number of general practitioners employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme will be available.

18 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of the increase in NHS England funding will be dedicated to staffing budgets.

18 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funding for NHS England announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 will be spent on (a) National Insurance contribution increases and (b) existing overspends by (i) NHS

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for publishing the Government's consultation on the zero emission vehicle mandate.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to provide employment protections for (a) young cancer patients and (b) their families.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) young cancer patients and (b) their families in into employment.

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the costs associated with children and young people travelling within the UK for cancer treatment.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking through the welfare system to support children and young people diagnosed with cancer.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish an impact assessment of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations on the automotive industry.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to amend the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations to allow, by derogation, the placing on the market of UV-328 present in articles and th

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of awareness on the (a) signs and (b) symptoms of cancer among young people and their families.

16 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that new housing developments include (a) GP surgeries and (b) other primary healthcare infrastructure.

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the additional funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will be allocated.

13 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024, if she will mak

Source: official written-questions record.